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tects' have designed

the building which will

be highly visible to the

motoring public and

easily accessible from

Indiana Street. The

Denver Curling Club

will be built west of the CSP Museum with

shared parking between them.

Other issues have developed which require

amendments and addi&ons to our by-laws.

To serve the best interests of the Associa-

&on, we are planning on applying to the IRS

for 501 (c) (3) designa&on. This will allow us

to accept charitable dona&ons. Poli&cal lob-

bying by a 501 (c) (3) is expressly prohibited

by IRS, so two items in Ar&cle I, Sec&on 2

must be removed. The proposed by-law

changes will be presented at the annual

mee&ng in Colorado Springs for approval,

amendment and/or dele&on.

The Colorado State Patrol Alumni Associa&on has

been involved in a number of ac&vi&es over the

past three years that most of you are aware of.

Dave Lohf, Treasurer and Editor of our Newsle4er,

has kept you posted on the progress of these ac-

&vi&es. Your Board of Directors has a4ended nu-

merous mee&ngs suppor&ng this dedicated effort

to create, build and open The Colorado State Pa-

trol Historical Museum and Learning Center. The

Museum commi4ee is comprised of twenty-two

members. Commi4ee members include ac&ve CSP

members, as well as the Boards of Directors of

ACSPP and CSPFF and CSPAA. We have several

volunteers outside our ranks that have heard

about the project and have joined the effort, as

well, to make it happen.

Fund raising ac&vi&es were recently announced by

Rick Salas (LTC re&red), Commi4ee Chairman,

which extend an invita&on to each and every per-

son that wishes to see this project through to frui-

&on, to please step forward. The museum will be

located on property donated by Stevinson Group,

Inc., north of West 6th Ave. and east of Indiana

Street in Lakewood.

Thoughts from the President

Who has joined CSPAA, lately?

As of this wri&ng, there are 370 members in CSPAA

Don Lamb Limon, CO May, 2012 (Returning member)

Doyle Bates Montrose, CO June, 2012, (Returning member)

COLORADO STATE PATROL

ALUMNI ASSOCIATION

July, 2012 Volume 23, Number 3

Old Smokey Newsletter

Special points of

interest:

• The straight story about

that plane

• PERA news—the assault on the organization continues from what is becoming the

usual source.

• Some big dates

Inside this issue:

When did these 2

Annual Meeting 3

Who’s in that 4

Proposed By-laws changes

5

Health & Welfare 7

Museum update 8

Transfers & Promo-

tions

9

The true story about the airplane

10

PERA News 11

That lousy joke 12

Ken Shiflet,

CSPAA President

With each membership year end, the total number of members changes. Some opt out, others opt in.

The reason o@en given for non-renewal is “I don’t know any of those people promoted or transferred.”

The way I see it, the ones WE cater to are those who are re&red, but to each his own.

Take a good look at this photo. Does it appear like anyone you recognize? If not, take a look at the photo

on page 4. It appears that one of these two has physically changed over the years. The other got some new

glasses. (Hint: the SR-71 Blackbird made its inaugural flight just two days previous to the photo and the

next day, President and Mrs. Kennedy hosted 173 scien&sts, educators and writers, including 49 Nobel

Prize laureates from the Western Hemisphere. President Kennedy made the famous remark, "I think this is

the most extraordinary collec&on of talent, of human knowledge ever gathered at the White House, with

the possible excep&on of when Thomas Jefferson dined alone.".)

Some &me back, Chester

Roberts organized a regular

mee&ng of CSP re&rees and

asked that anyone wishing

to par&cipate in a “the-first-

liar-doesn’t-stand-a-chance”

coffee mee&ng to show up

at the academy at 9:00 a.m.

on the second Tuesday of

each month (anyone, in this

case, means spouses, too).

It provides a means to see

faces you haven’t seen in a

while at &mes other than

formal get-togethers. If

you find yourself in the

Denver area on the se-

cond Tuesday of the

month, please make a

side trip to the academy

and see who you can out-

perform in the exchange

of vital recollec&ons. For

the record, this is not just

a uniformed member

func&on – if you re&red as

a civilian member, your

lies are just as welcome as

2nd Tuesday Coffee

In what year did the “Patrol Board” expand from three members to five? 1949 1955 1957 1959

When did CSP take over full law enforcement authority at the Colorado State Fair? 1955 1957 1959 1960 From the “what-goes-around-comes-around” department, in what year was the rank of Corporal done away with and Lieutenant added? (Now, the Corporals are back and the Lieutenants are gone.) 1961 1963 1964 1966

What was the first year that Ford Mustangs were put into service?

1979 1980 1982 1983

The reason the Lieutenant rank was done away with was because the rank of Lieutenant Colonel was added. When did that occur?

1989 1990 1992

1994


When did these occur?

those from “the blue shirts”.

For this quarter, the

mee&ngs will be at 9:00

a.m.:

July 10th

August 14th

September 11th

(For what it’s worth, if

you’re not at the get-

together, it could be you

that’s being talked about.)

CSPAA Dues

By now, most of you have renewed your CSPAA dues for 2012 (and in some cases, beyond). They were due by July 1st, so if you have not already paid, you are in ar-rears. I’ll be sending out “past due” notices to those who still have not renewed their dues. If you don’t hear from me, you don’t owe anything. If you DO hear from me and you haven’t responded before September 1st, you’ll be

dropped from the active membership roster.

Volume 23,Number 2

Arnie Ferrero, Steve Miller and

Gary Nance have been busy

with geNng things set up for

the annual mee&ng (Steve

thinks playing golf all over

town is “research”). They have

found a hotel that will give us a

good value and they’ve made arrangements for a

variety of meals and

mee&ngs. The Acade-

my Hotel is located

just off I-25 at the

north end of Colorado

Springs at 8110 N.

Academy Boulevard.

The hotel has agreed

to a price of $69 per night for room reserva&ons

and that price includes a free hot daily breakfast

(with a “made-to-order” omelet, or waffle bar).

They also include HBO movies, wireless high-speed

internet, a business center, a fitness center and

free RV parking.

Steve’s exhaus&ve research has se4led on Mon-

day’s golf ou&ng at Valley Hi Golf Course, which is

located at 610 S. Chelton Road. They have re-

served tee &mes for us, but they need to know

how many to keep available. Steve has agreed to

let them know 30 days

ahead so that they can

plan around us. If you

are going to play golf

on Monday morning,

please send a check for

$40.50 per golfer

(includes 18 holes and a cart rental) to:

In order for him to

make the arrange-

ments with Valley Hi, he

needs your money by August 10th

. If you have further

ques&ons, you can reach Steve by email at ste-

[email protected] or by phone at (719) 339-1315

(cell) or (719) 495-3702 (home).

We have a benefactor that has agreed to pick up part

of the tab for the Monday evening dinner for us. As a

result, the cost to register for the mee&ng is reduced

to $40.00 per person. (You’ll find out who the bene-

factor is when you show up at the mee&ng.) The hotel

has asked that we give them a final number before

the mee&ng date, so that they can plan and get the

proper inventory. So that we can fulfill that need,

please register, using the registra&on form that came

with this newsle4er (or, was a4ached to the email),

please send your check to the following address be-

fore August 15th

. Registra&ons received a@er the 15th

may be assessed $10 extra if the hotel levies their

“change fee” for late registra&ons.

The hospitality suite will be open as of 3:00 p.m. on

Sunday and will remain available throughout the

mee&ng un&l Tuesday a@ernoon. For those not play-

(Continued on page 4)

The CSPAA Annual Meeting Steve Miller 13160 Tahosa Lane Colorado Springs, CO,

80908

CSPAA 14050 W 82nd Avenue Arvada, CO, 80005

.


ing golf, there are a variety of opportuni&es in the Colorado Springs

area. Arnie Ferrero is working on geNng a discount package from

the Pikes Peak Cog Railway that begins its ascent from Manitou

Springs (even without the discount, it’s worth the price of $35.00).

From the top, you will have an excellent view of the Waldo Canyon

fire area – we hope it will be completely out, by then.

CSPAA Annual Meeting (cont.)

That photo on page 1

was Ms. Joyce Murin

(who now has the new

glasses) and her hus-

band Andy.

… who are

those two in

that photo?

Andrew Murin and Joyce White

were married April 28, 1962 at

Our Lady of Fa&ma Catholic

Church in Lakewood. They had

five daughters, Chris&ne Kizzar

of Rogers, Ark., Carolyn Murin (deceased), Susan

Chavez of Ft. Lupton, Colo., Jennifer King of Daw-

sonville, Ga., and Andrea Hernandez of Li4leton,

Colo. They have nine grandchildren.

Shortly a@er the wedding, Mr. Murin was a mem-

ber of the Academy class that convened March

26, 1963. He was assigned to Colorado Springs,

and managed to move to all the corners of Colora-

do before re&ring to Fort Morgan in August,

1990. Joyce re&red from the Grand Junc&on Police

Department. While sta&oned in Grand Junc&on,

they raised pigs on a farm on Orchard Mesa, but their

country club neighbors won’t allow it in Fort Morgan

unless they get a farm far, far away from the house.

Their daughter, Susan Chavez, is a long-&me communi-

ca&ons officer in Denver, and another daughter, An-

drea Hernandez, is the wife of LTC Sco4 Hernandez.

Sincere congratula&ons go out to them both for their

accomplishments and their great effort.

Volume 23, Number 3

It has been some &me since the by-laws

were last updated and there are a cou-

ple of items that need to be clarified. It

is President Shiflet’s inten&on to make

CSPAA into a 501 (c) (3) non-profit or-

ganiza&on. One of the benefits would

be that dona&ons made to CSPAA

would be tax-deduc&ble, which is pres-

ently not the case.

ARTICLE I: NAME AND PURPOSE

When Darrell Penner conceived of

CSPAA, it was his intent to put into

mo&on the process of crea&ng a CSP

Museum. He penned Sec&on 2-D,

which says:

To perpetuate the memory and history of the Colorado State

Patrol.

It has been suggested that the purpose

be expanded to read:

To perpetuate the memory and history of the Colorado State Patrol by creating and maintain-ing a Colorado State Patrol His-tory Museum and Learning Cen-

ter.

One of the rules the Internal Revenue

Service has prominently featured for

such non-profits is that they are not

allowed to par&cipate in any sort of

lobbying or poli&cal causes – no ma4er

at what level. The present by-laws ad-

vocate that we:

“… provide all possible assis-tance to the Department in leg-islative matters which are for the good of the Department.”,

(Section 2-H), and “… support all laudable pro-grams of the Department includ-

ing legislation.” (Section 2-I)

Aside from wrestling with who gets to

define what ma4ers are “good” for the

Department and which programs are

“laudable”, clearly, both sub-sec&ons

refer to legisla&ve interac&on of one

sort or another. The IRS would likely

not look kindly on those defini&ons of

purposes describing what CSPAA is or

does. It has been suggested that both

sub-sec&ons H and I be struck from

Sec&on 2 of the by-laws as they are

counter to IRS rules governing 501 (c)

(3) organiza&ons.

ARTICLE II: MEMBERSHIP

Sec�on 2 deals with associate mem-

bers, who are defined as:

An Associate member is any member or former member of the Colorado State Patrol, uni-formed or non-uniformed, who has a minimum of fifteen (15) years state service under P.E.R.A. An associated member shall have voting rights at all annual meetings and will be ex-

pected to pay dues annually.

It has been suggested that the defini-

&on be expanded to include a mini-

mum of a five-year service to CSP, in

addi&on to the 15-year requirement

under P.E.R.A.

An Associate member is any member or former member of the Colorado State Patrol, uni-formed or non-uniformed, who has a minimum of fifteen (15) years state service under P.E.R.A. and a minimum of five (5) year service within CSP. An associated member shall have voting rights at all annual meet-ings and will be expected to pay

dues annually.

Section 4 deals with widows and

widowers. Presently, it is written as:

Spouses of formerly active mem-bers, or spouses of Colorado State Patrol members killed while in the commission of their duties, shall be excused from payment of dues so long as they

CSPAA Proposed By-laws Changes

desire to be a member of the Association and will have all the rights and privileges of a Retired

member.

In order to clarify the phrase “formerly

ac&ve members”, it has been suggest-

ed that the word “formerly” be struck

and insert the words “who have

passed away” following “ac&ve mem-

bers”:

Spouses of active members who have passed away, or spouses of Colorado State Patrol members killed while in the commission of their duties, shall be excused from payment of dues so long as they desire to be a member of the Association and will have all the rights and privileges of a

Retired member.

ARTICLE III: MEMBERSHIP DUES

AND FINANCES

Sec�on 1 deals with annual dues. In

the interest of honesty, it appears that

I am guilty of changing the due date

for dues each year. I’ve inadvertently

managed to move the dues collec&on

up by three months and have been

going with the idea that they are due

by July 1st

for the following fiscal year.

(Not one of you has men&oned that I

was in error, though, and all of you

have accepted the change.)

Annual dues for all members of the Association shall be $20.00 (twenty dollars) per annum, payable on July 1st each year. The Association’s fiscal year shall be considered to be July 1st

through following June 30th.

In order that I get back in compliance,

I’m asking that the words “on July 1st”

be changed to “by July 1st”. Presently,

it works out that I’m collec&ng funds

for one thing or another throughout

the year. By collec&ng dues in April

through June, I can “shi@ gears” in July

and start on collec&ng for the annual

(Continued on page 6)


CSPAA By-laws, etc. (cont.)

mee&ng and the dues stragglers who are in arrears. Then, in

October, it’s on to the Christmas Luncheon and ACSPP dues

in January. If the sec&on isn’t changed, it’s not a big deal. It

is a bit easier to spread things out.

(Proposed) Sec�on 4 would be added to the by-laws.

A4orneys advising the museum commi4ee have expressed

concern over the poten&al for confusion and ill-will on the

part of donors, should the museum effort not pan out as

expected. If a donor has given a sizable dona&on and takes a

tax deduc&on in the year the dona&on was made, then sev-

eral years later, finds that the dona&on won’t be used for its

original purpose (for whatever reason), there could be a

difficult ma4er if the dona&on were to be returned and not

used. At that point, the dona&on becomes addi&onal in-

come for the year in which it was returned, and the deduc-

&on taken several years earlier has to be removed by filing

an amended tax return. Only by clarifying “up front” can this

scenario by avoided.

CSPAA can iden&fy those donors who have given money

toward the museum effort, to date and can deal with this

scenario on a case-by-case basis, should the need arise.

Rather than create an addi&onal bookkeeping nightmare of

iden&fying who donors are and where they’ve moved in

recent years, it is proposed that the following be added to

the by-laws and that the same (or similar) language be in-

cluded on receipts to donors toward the CSP museum crea-

&on:

In accordance with the stated goal of building and maintaining the Colorado State Patrol History Museum and Learning Center, members and oth-ers may be periodically called upon to voluntarily

donate toward that effort.

In the event that the Museum effort is aborted or cancelled, monies donated toward the museum creation effort will be forwarded to the Colorado State Patrol Family Foundation for use as they see

fit or necessary.

By donating to the Colorado State Patrol Alumni Association (CSPAA), the Association of Colorado State Patrol Professionals (ACSPP) or to the Colo-rado State Patrol Family Foundation (CSPFF), members are giving their tacit agreement to this

section.

(Continued from page 5) (Proposed) Section 5 would be added to the by-laws

As noted earlier, Darrell Penner purposely made sure

the dues collected were sufficient to sa&sfy the day-to-

day costs of running CSPAA and to provide a bit extra

that, over &me, would amount to a sizable sum for

applica&on toward building the museum. It was with

this premise in mind that the dues were raised in

2009, as well. By altering the focus of the newsle4er

to primarily be an emailed publica&on, costs have

decreased. Members are to be commended for their

collec&ve pa&ence with this process.

Part of the process for applica&on to IRS for 501 (c) (3)

determina&on includes a four-year history of expendi-

tures for the organiza&on. Within the upcoming year,

I’ll have that history ready for the applica&on. At the

same &me, we’ll know what the es&mated cost of

opera&ng ACSPP is for a given year.

Since the CSP Family Founda&on is the present-day

en&ty under which we can take advantage of 501 (c)

(3) status, it is intended that such extra funds we con-

trol could be made available to them as part of the

museum effort. (ACSPP, by comparison, is puNng the

proceeds of sale of their building into “the ki4y”, when

that comes to pass.) The following is proposed as

Sec&on 5:

Annual dues have been increased from time to time as a means to supplement the assets of the Alumni Association such that the Alum-ni Association will be able to provide partial endowment of the Colorado State Patrol His-torical Museum and Learning Center creation effort. To the extent that Alumni Association assets exceed costs of administration and financing Alumni Association day-to-day busi-ness, funds in excess of one hundred fifty per-cent (150%) of the prior year costs will be considered funds available to the Colorado State Patrol Family Foundation (CSPFF) for purposes of building or maintaining the Colo-rado State Patrol Historical Museum and

Learning Center.

The foregoing changes to the by-laws will be consid-

ered at the upcoming CSPAA Annual Mee&ng in Colo-

rado Springs, this September. Members in a4endance

will be asked to vote yea or nay on all the proposed

changes. Not all of our members are able to a4end the

annual mee&ng and it is with those members in mind

that the changes have been included here. If you

would like to add your thoughts and comments to the

changes, but won’t be able to a4end the mee&ng in

Volume 23, Number 3

September, send your comments to President Ken Shiflet ([email protected]) or to [email protected] . Secretary Dorothy

Sutherlin will read your thoughts into the record (in your name) at the mee&ng and they will be discussed amongst a4endees.

CSPAA By-laws, etc. (cont.)

Health and Welfare of our members and friends

Carol Eitel sent word that Ed has good days and some not so

good. If you find yourself in Craig, stop by and visit him, as he

enjoys the company and reliving old &mes.

On April 5th

, Master Sergeant Don Enloe and Trooper Rob Mad-

den were seNng up prac&cal crash scenarios in prepara&on for

the Level-I Accident Inves&ga&on class at the academy. While

using a forkli@ to maneuver vehicles into posi&on, Sgt. Enloe fell

and his legs were run over by the forkli@. He was treated at the

academy and then taken to St. Anthony’s Hospital in Lakewood

for treatment. His injuries are not life-threatening, but his recov-

ery is expected to be lengthy and arduous.

Elmer Lane had been ba4ling with various complica&ons arising

from cancer and diabetes and had been in a nursing home . Un-

fortunately (or fortunately, depending on your view), Elmer

passed away on June 10th

. He began his CSP service in January,

1948 and was sta&oned in the Brighton area for his en&re ca-

reer. He re&red in January, 1978. His wife, Do$e, s&ll resides in

Brighton.

Jim Carolus went in for vascular surgery in April and it was suc-

cessful. He was transferred to a rehab facility for a couple of

weeks, but is doing well.

On May 4th

, Hazel Adams, Ron Adams’ mom, passed away in

Hereford, TX. Having lived to age 98

suggests that she did something

right, besides having Ron.

Dale Currey, Anne Thomasson-

Currey’s husband, was trying to re-

move a dead tree on June 21st

, but

the tree proved to be tough. Dale

injured his right arm from the wrist

through the bicep and underwent

surgery to repair the many items

torn up. He is le@ with a torn nerve (that could, yet, recover) and

part of an artery is no good, but he can move his fingers and no

bones were broken. He faces a lengthy recovery.

Gordon and Magdalene Baumgardner have had to deal with the

worst a couple can imagine. Their daughter Becky, who has been

ba4ling with an extended illness, passed away June 23rd

. Life for

Becky has been difficult, so her passing ends her suffering, but

not for her parents, or for her sisters Vickie, Pa.y and Cindy.

Randy Novotny suffered a heart a4ack and was hospitalized for

a couple of days, but has been released and is recovering nicely

at home.

Retirements

Police Communica&on Technician

Gary Solano of the Pueblo Com-

munica&ons Center has an-

nounced his re&rement from the

Colorado State Patrol, effec&ve

May 31, 2012.

Police Communica&ons Technician Lester Davis of the Montrose

Communica&ons Center has announced his re&rement from the

Colorado State Patrol, effec&ve May 31, 2012.

Captain Mar�n Petrik of the Durango Troop office has an-

nounced his re&rement from the Colorado State Patrol effec&ve

July 31, 2012.

Agent Jesse Leyba of the Execu&ve Security Unit has announced

his re&rement from the Colorado State Patrol effec&ve August 1,

2012.


CSP Museum and Learning Center

The museum effort is blessed with several benefactors, but one,

in par&cular, should be recognized. Sco4 Stevinson is a long-&me

friend of Rick Salas, going back to their early school days. Sco4,

and the rest of the Stevinson family, think enough of Rick and the

Colorado State Patrol that they have agreed to donate a bit over

an acre of land to the CSP Museum and Learning Center. The

land will be a shared venture with another of Sco4’s loves, the

Denver Curling Center.

At the bo4om of the diagram is W. 6th

Avenue and the Indiana

Street exit is to the le@ of the diagram. The Stevinson property

spans the area between the W. 6th

Avenue Frontage Road and W.

7th

Avenue, and from Eldridge Street on the east roughly to Indi-

ana Street on the west. The museum will be located on “Pad B”,

at the corner of 7th

and Eldridge. That por&on of the property

allows us to add a basement for storage and gives us be4er sight

lines from 6th

Avenue. The two facili&es will share parking and act

as “overflow” parking for each other, from &me to &me.

The final design of the building is being ironed out by the muse-

um commi4ee and fund-raising will be begun in earnest shortly

therea@er. By the &me of the annual mee&ng, the design should

be fairly well done and the commi4ee can move into the next

phase of the process.

Awards and Recognition

Congratula&ons to the following Troopers who have been nominated and accepted as our newest Master Troopers:

Master Trooper Ma4hew Allacher Troop 3B/Yuma

Master Trooper Gary Allen Troop 5B/Alamosa

Master Trooper James Boccaccio Troop 2A/Salida

Master Trooper Mark Buneta Immigra&on Enforcement

Master Trooper Sco4 Casey Homeland Security

Master Trooper Joe Chinn Troop 5C/Gunnison

Master Trooper Todd Combs Troop 3B/Yuma

Master Trooper Sco4 Hinshaw Homeland Security

Master Trooper Pete Lawrence Academy

Master Trooper Garre4 Reich Troop 5C/Montrose

Master Trooper Alan Rice MCSAP

Master Trooper David Van Bibber Troop 5C/Cortez

Master Troop- er Ken Wallis

Home- land Security

Volume 23, Number 3

Transfers

Trooper Kevin Crider of the Evans Troop office has

transferred to the Fort Collins Troop office, effec&ve

April 9, 2012.

Trooper Gabriel Easton of the Idaho Springs Post has

transferred to the Frisco Troop office, effec&ve April

1, 2012.

Trooper Nathan Emery of the Frisco Troop office has

transferred to the Idaho Springs Post, effec&ve April 1,

2012.

Trooper Andrew Gasparovic of the Idaho Springs Post

has transferred to the Frisco Troop office, effec&ve

April 1, 2012.

Trooper Jeremy Guddat of the Golden Troop office

has transferred to MCSAP, effec&ve April 1, 2012.

Trooper John Lent of the Castle Rock Troop office has

transferred to MCSAP, effec&ve April 1, 2012.

Trooper John Ray of the Frisco Troop office has trans-

ferred to the Idaho Springs Post, effec&ve April 1,

2012.

Trooper Jus�n Richards of the Castle Rock Troop

office has transferred to the E-470 Post, effec&ve April

1, 2012.

Captain Tim Keeton of MCSAP has transferred TDY to

Internal Affairs, effec&ve May 14, 2012.

Trooper Brian McNulty of the Evans Troop office has

transferred to MCSAP, effec&ve May 1, 2012.

Trooper Elizabeth Simpson of the Golden Troop office

has transferred to the Gilpin County Post, effec&ve

May 11, 2012.

Sergeant Jason Bachman of the Frisco Troop office

has transferred to the Evans Troop office, effec&ve

May 7, 2012.

Trooper Colin Fowler of the Alamosa Troop office has

transferred to the Execu&ve Security Unit, effec&ve

May 1, 2012.

Trooper Jimmie Helms of the Golden Troop office has

transferred to the Gilpin County Post, effec&ve May 7,

2012.

Trooper Kenneth Hinz of the Fruita Troop office has

transferred to the Golden Troop office, effec&ve May

7, 2012.

Trooper James Smith of the Gilpin County Post has

transferred to the Broomfield Troop office, effec&ve

April 9, 2012.

Corporal Ryan Novotny of the Colorado Springs Troop

office has transferred to the Woodland Park Post,

effec&ve May 1, 2012.

Trooper Sco. Rendfrey of the Kremmling Post has

transferred to the Evans Troop office, effec&ve June 1,

2012.

Trooper Ian Jones of the Fort Collins Troop office has

transferred to the Execu&ve Security Unit, effec&ve

June 1,

2012.

Promotions

Sergeant David Aldridge, of the Stra-

tegic Analysis and Business Research

sec&on, has been promoted to Cap-

tain and assigned to Strategic Analy-

sis and Business Research effec&ve April 27,

2012. (For what it’s worth, I didn’t know what the

SABR sec&on is, so I inquired of Marc Morelli. He

advised it’s the same as the old Opera&onal De-

velopment Sec&on, but with a fancier name.)

Trooper Joseph Benavides of the Ala-

mosa Troop office has been promoted

to the rank of Corporal with assign-

ment in the Lamar Troop office, effec-

&ve April 1, 2012.

Trooper Aaron Limburg of the Castle

Rock Troop office has been promoted

to the rank of Corporal, assigned to

Watkins, effec&ve April 1, 2012.

Trooper Joy Grissom, of the Academy,

has been promoted to Sergeant Idaho

Springs/Troop 6B, effec&ve July 13,

2012

Corporal Jason Jones, of the Fruita

Troop office has been promoted to Ser-

geant and assigned to Frisco/Troop 6B,

effec&ve July 13, 2012.


Additional airborne information

The story in the last issue about “Airborne-1” prompt-

ed Bob Montgomery to recall an incident involving a

beer truck and the Bell helicopter that the Highway

Department purchased for CSP use in the early 1960’s.

It seems that, since CSP had the services of one Don

McBreen – who had been a P-51 pilot during the war –

it was only fiNng that he be trained to fly a helicopter.

That was par&cularly &mely, as an uniden&fied soul

within the Highway Department, felt a helicopter

would be just the &cket (no pun intended) for CSP to

use for execu&ve transport and for occasional enforce-

ment purposes. Chief Carrel was the execu&ve trans-

ported within, but according to Bob Montgomery, Gib

wasn’t too keen on flying around in the helicopter

(probably had something to do with the idea that a

helicopter is a machine intent on shaking itself into

pieces at every opportunity).

Mac and the Chief used to call down to road officers

when they spo4ed bad passes and other poor driving

so that the ground officer could take appropriate en-

forcement ac&on. One a@ernoon, a beer truck rolled

into the canal next to 44th

Avenue and west of McIn-

tyre Street. The CSP helicopter pilot had observed it

and the thought was that the truck driver was trapped

inside. Bob Montgomery was surprised to find the heli-

copter parked on the shoulder when he arrived. As it

turned out, the truck driver had escaped being

trapped, but the canal was now full of beer. Suffice to

say, there were many, many “civic-minded assistants”

who showed up willing to help clean up the environ-

mental hazard of all that freshly-malted beverage clog-

ging up a waterway. Some things haven’t changed.

They done REALLY good!

Ken Shiflet got a very nice (and complimentary) note from Rollie Roth who noted, among other things, that

he and Ella celebrated their 65th

wedding anniversary on February 3rd

. in order to reach 65 years with one

person, a ton of pa&ence and understanding has to be present (case in point – Rollie said he hopes to a4end

the annual mee&ng, but Ella comes first). Congratula&ons to Rollie and Ella, to be sure. Rollie was in the se-

cond 1955 class that went through the Academy and was sta&oned in Golden when he graduated. For what

it’s worth, his note also admonished that the ’35 Ford was NOT to be sold under any circumstances.

I apologize, for I have no photo to go along with this short note.

Volume 23, Number 3

PERA Legislation and Updates

There have been lots of “doings” at PERA, chief among which is

the appointment of an interim director. Meredith Williams an-

nounced that he would be leaving PERA effec-

&ve on June 30, 2012. He will be moving on to

the Na&onal Council on Teacher Re&rement.

Meredith has been with PERA since March,

2000 and oversaw a number of legisla&ve

changes – some good, some not. One of his major achievements

was providing level-headed advice to the legislature which ul&-

mately led to passage of Senate Bill 1, in 2010. Prior governmen-

tal ac&ons had put PERA in a posi&on of weakness when the

economic crisis of 2008-09 came along and SB-1 has put the

fund back on track. Meredith has kept us, the members, at the

forefront of proposed changes that have come along and we

owe him our collec&ve “Thanks”. The interim director is Gregory

W. Smith who will have some big shoes to fill. Mr. Smith has

been a part of the PERA staff since 2002, serving as the Chief

Opera&ng Officer and General Counsel.

In the last newsle4er, I ranted a bit about the bills introduced

during the legisla&ve session that targeted PERA. At that &me,

most had been tabled, but several were s&ll hanging on. I’m

pleased to report that all have now been killed. HB 1150 would

have changed the Highest Average Salary base from three years

to seven, but it was dealt a killing blow by the Senate on April

12th

. HB 1179, which would change the make-up of the PERA

Board of Directors, was finally dealt a death blow, as well.

The be4er news is that the three ci&zen ini&a&ves men&oned in

the last issue are not doing so well. The two most dangerous

(#71 and #73) have been pulled by their sponsors, but #72 is s&ll

alive. Apparently, the pulled ini&a&ves were very poorly wri4en

so the sponsors had li4le choice. If you don’t recall, the ini&a-

&ves were a4emp&ng to shi@ the PERA system from a defined

benefit plan to a defined contribu&on plan and board configura-

&on and oversight. I’d be glad to help with their language, but

they might not care so much for how I would word it. Alas, we’ll

no doubt see new versions of the ini&a&ves again next year.

The one surviving ini&a&ve targets PERA’s work product and

tries to bring it under the “open records laws”. Presently, all is

being reviewed by a4orneys and others to clarify exactly what

the sponsors are trying to accomplish. The sponsors will have to

gather some 86,000 signatures before the measure sees the

ballot. Hopefully, by the next newsle4er, I’ll have a be4er grip

on the measure.

Three of every five dollars in the PERA trust fund come from

earnings on investments made by PERA. Roughly two-thirds of

the investments are managed “in-house” which saves consider-

able amounts of fees and commissions (about $25 million),

while the remainder is overseen by external money managers.

The April, 2012 “Re&ree Report”, published by PERA, contained

a brief overview of the outlook for various segments of the PE-

RA fund managed by those external money managers. The two

words that either appeared or were inferred throughout the

summary were “cau&ously op&mis&c”. Reading that corporate

earnings will con&nue to grow faster than the economy bodes

well and evil at the same &me. As a sharehold-

er, it is always comfor&ng to know that the

company is in good financial shape. As a con-

sumer, it is discomfor&ng to realize that these

corporate ac&ons are puNng a significant

damper on economic recovery. It appears nearly everyone has

learned to act with a bit more cau&on than has been the prac-

&ce in recent decades. To PERA’s credit, they con&nue to out-

pace the general economic trends and reap posi&ve yields. The

yield for 2011 should be sufficient to trigger a 2% Annual In-

crease for re&rees, as outlined in Senate Bill 2010-1.

The April 5th

issue of The Denver Post had a li4le &dbit I found

interes&ng. You may recall that State Treasurer Walker Staple-

ton filed suit against PERA seeking to gain access to their rec-

ords regarding the top 20% of re&rees. Among the things he

wanted to know: the amount of benefits received, what the

re&rement age for each was, what their last five year’s salary

was and what their zip code is. Denver District Judge Edward

Bronfin said Mr. Stapleton was not en&tled to “…unlimited,

unfe4ered access…” to PERA records. PERA had previously told

Stapleton they wouldn’t open those books for him and the

judge agreed the informa&on won’t be provided.

Ken Shiflet: (970) 302-3699 Email: [email protected]

or Dave Lohf: 303-422-5100 E-mail: [email protected]

COLORADO STATE PATROL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION

ACSPP 55 Wadsworth Boulevard

Lakewood, CO 80226

(303) 237-7439

Answers to “When did these occur?” ...

1. The Patrol Board had been made up of three members un&l 1955, when it was ex-

panded to five members.

2. While at the State Fair was the only &me that CSP had “real” police powers it was

rumored. We took over at the fair in 1960.

3. It was 1961 when the Corporal rank was done away with and the Lieutenant rank

was added.

4. That is car 202 in the photo—a 1983 Ford Mustang—which was one of the first

Mustangs CSP had. I’ve been out on that boat in the background and that guy in

the driver’s seat (one of our members, I might add) used to boast (and demon-

strate) how easy it was to recline those seats while on graveyard and catch a few

Z’s.

5. In 1992, everyone at the rank of Lieutenant, or above (except the Chief), was pro-

moted one grade when the rank of Lieutenant Colonel was added to the command

staff and the rank of Lieutenant was done away with.

And on the lighter side ...

A@er a very busy day, a commuter se4led down in her seat and closed her eyes as the train

departed Montreal for Hudson. As the train rolled out of the sta&on, the guy siNng next to her pulled out his cell phone and

started talking in a loud voice: "Hi sweetheart it's Eric, I'm on the train - yes, I know it's the

six thirty and not the four thirty but I had a long mee&ng - no, honey, not with that floozie

from the accounts office, with the boss. No sweetheart, you're the only one in my life - yes,

I'm sure, cross my heart . . . " etc., etc.

Fi@een minutes later at St. Anne de Bellevue he was s&ll talking loudly,

when the young woman siNng next to him, who was obviously an-

gered by his con&nuous diatribe, yelled at the top of her voice:

“Hey, Eric, turn that stupid phone off and come back to bed!"

My guess would be that Eric doesn't use his cell phone in public any

longer.

Back in the days of the Roman Empire, the famous Emperor Nero ins&tuted a new game.

The players would take those li4le disks you set your glass on in order to protect the furni-

ture, and see who could get the most distance rolling them across the floor.

They were the first roller coasters.

Back in those days, the disks were made of iron, and they would bet on whose disk would

roll the farthest.

They called them ferrous wheels.

… Dave Lohf— Manager of Missteps, Misspellings and Misprints ...

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